Guildford Chamber Choir wishes to appoint a Principal Conductor with effect from 1 September 2025.
The choir is an auditioned project choir, meeting usually for six two hour rehearsals on different weekday nights before each concert. The Choir was founded in 1980 and aims to bring to Surrey audiences a wide range of music performed in fresh and exciting ways, all the time aiming for the highest standards.
We normally give three main concerts each season, usually on Saturdays. Recent concerts have featured music from the Italian Baroque and unforgettable performances of Bach's St Matthew Passion and B Minor Mass. A more unusual piece was The Vespers by a 17th Century Milanese nun, Chiara Cozzolani. We have sung Durufle and Brahms Requiems, German Romantic Music, and much by Vaughn Williams as well as Handel's Dixit Dominus, Israel In Egypt and Messiah. Summer Concerts have featured Scandinavian Music, Britten and George Shearing. Much more is on our website https://www.guildfordchamberchoir.org.uk
The choir usually makes a biennial overseas tour (Freiburg-im-Breisgau in 2023) and often sings services at Cathedrals when their choir is on leave, most recently in Canterbury Cathedral.
The planned time scale is
Details of the post are available from the Choir Secretary, Meg Makower, secretary@guildfordchamberchoir.org.uk